{"id":107656,"date":"2025-10-14T22:17:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=107656"},"modified":"2025-10-14T22:17:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:17:19","slug":"bay-area-reporter-under-fire-for-false-report-on-49ers-brandon-aiyuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=107656","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area Reporter Under Fire for False Report on 49ers&#8217; Brandon Aiyuk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2173779280-e1747923539175.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2173779280-e1747923539175.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2173779280-e1747923539175.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2173779280-e1747923539175.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Bay Area Reporter Under Fire for False Report on 49ers' Brandon Aiyuk\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>With Brandon Aiyuk recovering from injury, the San Francisco 49ers could sign Keenan Allen to fill in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>T<\/p>\n<p>he San Francisco 49ers are off to a strong start to the 2025 NFL season, sitting at 4-2 and \u00a0atop the NFC West, a good showing the rest of the season could see the team return to the playoffs after a one year absence. Dealing with injuries to several key starters, the 49ers early season success is impressive considering the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>One of the 49ers\u2018 key injured players is Brandon Aiyuk, who suffered a gruesome knee injury during a week seven game last season, and has yet to play in 2025. Signing a four-year, $120 million extension before the injury occurred, the 49ers hope that they get their star pass catcher back sooner rather than later. Since he has been out, there has been reports of drama between Aiyuk and the 49ers. And according to an Oct. 14 report from NBC Bay Area\u2019s Jennifer Lee Chan, the drama between Aiyuk and the 49ers took another hard turn. However, the report was proven false, with Chan now under scrutiny.<\/p>\n<h2>Chan\u2019s Report<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday, Oct. 14, Chan reported that Aiyuk deleted all references to the 49ers on his social media accounts, sparking speculation that he was on his way out of San Francisco after his return from injury. Chan used quotes from head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch earlier in the season and even said that Aiyuk hadn\u2019t been seen at 49ers\u2019 practice in weeks. After the story came out, NBC Sports Bay Area reposted the story on their social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe star wideout deleted all evidence of the 49ers from his Instagram account and has unfollowed the team,\u201d Chan said in her original story. \u201cThis is not a new phenomenon. Aiyuk has unfollowed the franchise before \u2014 during his hold-in while undergoing contract negotiations last summer. Up until approximately two weeks ago, Aiyuk had been very visible during practice, running alongside his fellow receivers during the open portion of practice. Aiyuk\u2019s speed and agility during those sessions gave the impression that a return from a devastating knee injury could be soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But a user, Brad Graham\u2013 who runs \u2018TheSFNiners\u2019 social media accounts and sites\u2013 quickly called out Chan\u2019s report, saying it was completely false.<\/p>\n<h2>Chan\u2019s Response<\/h2>\n<p>After Graham\u2019s post on X, NBC Sports Bay Area responded by getting rid of the original repost of the story from its accounts, and updating it with a new link that redirects to an updated and more accurate headline that mentions Shanahan\u2019s update on Aiyuk that he gave on Oct. 14. Graham noticed that NBC Sports Bay Area updated the story and posted on his X account that the post was deleted, however Chan quoted that tweet and said that the post was updated, not deleted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for the heads up,\u201d Chan said. \u201cI admit I was incorrect about the timeline. It was adjusted, not deleted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aiyuk still remains and the PUP list and a timeline for his return is still to be determined. And given how many injuries the 49ers have had to deal with this season, getting Aiyuk back will provide a major boost.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Grausz A lifelong sports fan, Dylan channels his passion for sports into being a journalist, where his primary goal is to provide readers with content that they love to read. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Dylan&#8217;s love for the Warriors, 49ers and Giants runs deep, having the ultimate dream of being a beat reporter for one of those teams. More about Dylan Grausz<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on 49ers<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC Sports Bay Area reporter under fire for putting out a false report about 49ers&#8217; wide receiver, Brandon Aiyuk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":107657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bay Area Reporter Under Fire for False Report on 49ers&#039; Brandon Aiyuk - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=107656\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bay Area Reporter Under Fire for False Report on 49ers&#039; 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